Example sentences of "said i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said I had been pardoned by the president . ’ |
| 2 | The girls in the office would say in surprise , ‘ You ought to be shopping ! ’ if I said I had been bird-watching or merely reading in the sunshine . |
| 3 | It was not until Aunt Kit rang me up , three days later , and abused me for ten minutes between tearing bouts of coughing , saying that I had hurt ‘ poor Lil ’ quite unbearably , that he said I had been wrong to write it . |
| 4 | I said I had been knocked out by a shell-blast . |
| 5 | The nurse said I had been a very good patient . |
| 6 | My mother had a fit when I went home and my aunt said I 'd been taken on . |
| 7 | I said I 'd been chasing him all over the world . |
| 8 | He said I 'd been cheated . ’ |
| 9 | She said I 'd been given all I 'd get and I said it was n't enough . ’ |
| 10 | I did that once , quite bad it was , my father was furious , but my mother said I 'd been trying and he was n't to do anything . |
| 11 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 12 | I told my supplier — you know , I said I 'd been done over , I had no money , n. stuff . |
| 13 | Erm , oh I have got something else , which is music , erm , at the last meeting I said I 've been talking to Simon from the Queen 's Hall , about the idea of doing pre-concert notes |
| 14 | I said I 've been phoning all the time , I said , and I still do n't know about it ! |
| 15 | And yet , the one who 'd been , he said I 've been twice hi his dad se , er rides stallions fo on those two wheel tongas to the , take the coal to co , to . |
| 16 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 17 | He said I 've been giving Lee dinner money every day . |
| 18 | I said I 've been out here for about twenty minutes I better go back in . |
| 19 | I , I waited until I got back into Switzerland before I said I 've been to Italy and I have n't got a scratch on the car . |
| 20 | Said I 've been sorting the notes out , I 've put them in order back in , so that when he comes to the window all that the office staff got ta do is look through , like we was told to do |
| 21 | And he said I 've been with them twenty nine years . |
| 22 | I said I 've been waiting six months now , I 've given my life six months to wait for a job , I said , you ca n't get experience if you 're not given chances |
| 23 | So I said I know what he 's like , comes back and he turns up he says we 're just off now , I said oh you 've come back then I thought you were a bit rude just storming out of the funeral and not saying cheerio to everyone , he said I 've been insulted long enough by your family , I would n't be , I was n't prepared to be insulted any more |
| 24 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 25 | I said I 've been sitting here all lunchtime trying to sort out what bloody A A is apart from Alcoholics Anonymous . |
| 26 | Well then about a month later he said he rung June and said I 've been speaking to Geoff he said and th they wan na hi er hire a car for a week . |
| 27 | She said I 've been really looking forward to it June . |
| 28 | He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it ! |
| 29 | come home from work she said I 've been looking round in Boots and that for you , she said er I 've decided , she said I was gon na get you a gift voucher . |
| 30 | and she said oh , she said I 've been to see a friend |